Change the default FPU control word so that exceptions for new

processes are now masked until set by fpsetmask(3).

Submitted by:	bde
Approved by:	jkh, bde
This commit is contained in:
Martin Cracauer 2000-03-10 17:56:33 +00:00
parent 4b25ed423f
commit 0c14a6606b
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00
svn path=/head/; revision=57890
3 changed files with 12 additions and 102 deletions

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@ -87,54 +87,24 @@ struct save87 {
u_char sv_pad[64]; /* padding; used by emulators */
};
/* Intel prefers long real (53 bit) precision */
#define __iBCS_NPXCW__ 0x262
/* wfj prefers temporary real (64 bit) precision */
#define __386BSD_NPXCW__ 0x362
/*
* bde prefers 53 bit precision and all exceptions masked.
*
* The standard control word from finit is 0x37F, giving:
* The hardware default control word for i387's and later coprocessors is
* 0x37F, giving:
*
* round to nearest
* 64-bit precision
* all exceptions masked.
*
* Now I want:
* We modify the affine mode bit and precision bits in this to give:
*
* affine mode for 287's (if they work at all) (1 in bitfield 1<<12)
* 53-bit precision (2 in bitfield 3<<8)
* overflow exception unmasked (0 in bitfield 1<<3)
* zero divide exception unmasked (0 in bitfield 1<<2)
* invalid-operand exception unmasked (0 in bitfield 1<<0).
*
* 64-bit precision often gives bad results with high level languages
* because it makes the results of calculations depend on whether
* intermediate values are stored in memory or in FPU registers.
*
* The "Intel" and wfj control words have:
*
* underflow exception unmasked (0 in bitfield 1<<4)
*
* but that causes an unexpected exception in the test program 'paranoia'
* and makes denormals useless (DBL_MIN / 2 underflows). It doesn't make
* a lot of sense to trap underflow without trapping denormals.
*
* Later I will want the IEEE default of all exceptions masked. See the
* 0.0 math manpage for why this is better. The 0.1 math manpage is empty.
*/
#define __BDE_NPXCW__ 0x1272
#define __BETTER_BDE_NPXCW__ 0x127f
#ifdef __BROKEN_NPXCW__
#ifdef __FreeBSD__
#define __INITIAL_NPXCW__ __386BSD_NPXCW__
#else
#define __INITIAL_NPXCW__ __iBCS_NPXCW__
#endif
#else
#define __INITIAL_NPXCW__ __BDE_NPXCW__
#endif
#define __INITIAL_NPXCW__ 0x127F
#ifdef _KERNEL
#ifndef npxproc

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@ -87,54 +87,24 @@ struct save87 {
u_char sv_pad[64]; /* padding; used by emulators */
};
/* Intel prefers long real (53 bit) precision */
#define __iBCS_NPXCW__ 0x262
/* wfj prefers temporary real (64 bit) precision */
#define __386BSD_NPXCW__ 0x362
/*
* bde prefers 53 bit precision and all exceptions masked.
*
* The standard control word from finit is 0x37F, giving:
* The hardware default control word for i387's and later coprocessors is
* 0x37F, giving:
*
* round to nearest
* 64-bit precision
* all exceptions masked.
*
* Now I want:
* We modify the affine mode bit and precision bits in this to give:
*
* affine mode for 287's (if they work at all) (1 in bitfield 1<<12)
* 53-bit precision (2 in bitfield 3<<8)
* overflow exception unmasked (0 in bitfield 1<<3)
* zero divide exception unmasked (0 in bitfield 1<<2)
* invalid-operand exception unmasked (0 in bitfield 1<<0).
*
* 64-bit precision often gives bad results with high level languages
* because it makes the results of calculations depend on whether
* intermediate values are stored in memory or in FPU registers.
*
* The "Intel" and wfj control words have:
*
* underflow exception unmasked (0 in bitfield 1<<4)
*
* but that causes an unexpected exception in the test program 'paranoia'
* and makes denormals useless (DBL_MIN / 2 underflows). It doesn't make
* a lot of sense to trap underflow without trapping denormals.
*
* Later I will want the IEEE default of all exceptions masked. See the
* 0.0 math manpage for why this is better. The 0.1 math manpage is empty.
*/
#define __BDE_NPXCW__ 0x1272
#define __BETTER_BDE_NPXCW__ 0x127f
#ifdef __BROKEN_NPXCW__
#ifdef __FreeBSD__
#define __INITIAL_NPXCW__ __386BSD_NPXCW__
#else
#define __INITIAL_NPXCW__ __iBCS_NPXCW__
#endif
#else
#define __INITIAL_NPXCW__ __BDE_NPXCW__
#endif
#define __INITIAL_NPXCW__ 0x127F
#ifdef _KERNEL
#ifndef npxproc

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@ -87,54 +87,24 @@ struct save87 {
u_char sv_pad[64]; /* padding; used by emulators */
};
/* Intel prefers long real (53 bit) precision */
#define __iBCS_NPXCW__ 0x262
/* wfj prefers temporary real (64 bit) precision */
#define __386BSD_NPXCW__ 0x362
/*
* bde prefers 53 bit precision and all exceptions masked.
*
* The standard control word from finit is 0x37F, giving:
* The hardware default control word for i387's and later coprocessors is
* 0x37F, giving:
*
* round to nearest
* 64-bit precision
* all exceptions masked.
*
* Now I want:
* We modify the affine mode bit and precision bits in this to give:
*
* affine mode for 287's (if they work at all) (1 in bitfield 1<<12)
* 53-bit precision (2 in bitfield 3<<8)
* overflow exception unmasked (0 in bitfield 1<<3)
* zero divide exception unmasked (0 in bitfield 1<<2)
* invalid-operand exception unmasked (0 in bitfield 1<<0).
*
* 64-bit precision often gives bad results with high level languages
* because it makes the results of calculations depend on whether
* intermediate values are stored in memory or in FPU registers.
*
* The "Intel" and wfj control words have:
*
* underflow exception unmasked (0 in bitfield 1<<4)
*
* but that causes an unexpected exception in the test program 'paranoia'
* and makes denormals useless (DBL_MIN / 2 underflows). It doesn't make
* a lot of sense to trap underflow without trapping denormals.
*
* Later I will want the IEEE default of all exceptions masked. See the
* 0.0 math manpage for why this is better. The 0.1 math manpage is empty.
*/
#define __BDE_NPXCW__ 0x1272
#define __BETTER_BDE_NPXCW__ 0x127f
#ifdef __BROKEN_NPXCW__
#ifdef __FreeBSD__
#define __INITIAL_NPXCW__ __386BSD_NPXCW__
#else
#define __INITIAL_NPXCW__ __iBCS_NPXCW__
#endif
#else
#define __INITIAL_NPXCW__ __BDE_NPXCW__
#endif
#define __INITIAL_NPXCW__ 0x127F
#ifdef _KERNEL
#ifndef npxproc